CV Ananda Bose to be new Bengal guv

Governor of West Bengal, according to a communique from the Rashtrapati Bhavan. His appointment will take effect on the date he assumes charge of his office, it said. “The President of India is pleased to appoint Dr. C V Ananda Bose as regular Governor of West Bengal,” the communique said. Manipur governor La Ganesan had been holding the additional charge of West Bengal since July after the former Governor, Jagdeep Dhankhar, quit the post and became India’s vice president. Dr. CV Ananda Bose is a 1977-batch former officer of the Indian Administrative Services who has served in the rank of secretary of government of India, chief secretary to state governments, and university vice-chancellor. Bose was chairman of a working group that prepared the development agenda for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. His concept of “affordable housing for all” was adopted by the government.